How did your dog get its name?
Pat Crockett
> I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
> stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
> Stac...@aol.com
Keemaka's Don't Open the Box..."Pandora" was named for her outrageous behavior
in the whelping room and whelping box...every time we moved the
"mama gate" out climbed little Miss Trouble...starting at 2.5 weeks! Everyone
said I was crazy to keep her, but she has been a great companion.
Pat
Ruth Evans
>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
I was going to name my dog Oreo (she's black with a strip down her chest),
but that sounded too silly because she was such a regal pup. The I decided I
was going to call her Jennie because this regalness reminded me of my dearly
beloved Great-Grandma Jennie. However, I asked my grandma about it and she
flatly refused to let me name my dog after her mother! (Now I'm glad I
didn't because I have a totally adorable niece named Jennie!) I thought
about another name that would indicate this little girl was adorably regal
and finally decided on Princess. She really is a dear Princess.
My cat was named for a character in a series of books by E.E. "Doc" Smith.
One character in the series was a nurse. She was left on a planet where the
inhabitants routinely went nude while the men went off and fought the bad
guys. (This is OLD science fiction!) However, this character wasn't one to
handle that and her nurse's whites turned very gray before she was picked
back up. This character's name was Clarissa McDougal Kinnison. So, my gray
cat with some white on her because Clarissa.
Grace Lawson
: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
My Vizsla is named Ricochet... very appropriately. Ever see a bunch of
Vizslas playing in the back yard?
Grace
Michael Kelly
: Grace
Our golden retriever is named Shelley after the English
romantic poet. (I also like the silly rhyme with her
last name--Kelly)
Anne Marie Baker
Well, I was living in the basement of a private home during grad
school. When we started discussing whether or not I could get a dog,
we (my landlord, landlady and I) didn't want to say "dog" in front of
their five-year old (thereby getting her hopes up!) so we would refer
to the "og-day."
When I brought the dog home "og-day" metamorphed to "Ogden" until I
could "think of something more appropriate." But that "something"
never came to mind -- Ogden just seems to suit her! So she's been
Ogden or Oggie ever since.
AMB
and Ogden (I don't care what you call me, as long as you call me for
dinner!)
Melanie L Chang
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Shari Bernhard
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Raven is half Black Labrador Retriever, half White German Shepherd. We
call her a "Gerbridor Schlepper". When I first got her at 10 weeks old,
the people I got her from hadn't named her. I started calling her "Jet"
because she was jet-black, but it didn't seem to fit. So I looked in
the Thesaurus under "black". There was a whole list of synonyms, and
"raven" just jumped right out at me. It was perfect. She was shiny
black, a swift runner and very graceful like a bird. Of course, she's
now 12+ years old, her coat's gotten sort of fluffy and reddish in the
sun, and her arthritis has really slowed her down. But she'll always
be my Raven-baby.
Frieda got her name out of laziness on my part. She was lost during
Hurricane Andrew, and we adopted her from a HA rescue group. They
named her "Frito Bandito" (she, like almost all the other dogs lost or
abandoned during the hurricane, had no ID so they made up names for
them) because they persuaded her to come to them with Frito's Corn Chips,
and they never bothered to check that she was female and recorded her
as a male. Since she was a female, we decided to feminize her name,
and Frieda sounded like Frito, and it's also a German sounding name and
she's part German Shepherd. In retrospect, we should have named her Windy!
Shari Bernhard
Mom to Raven the WonderDog and Frieda the Hurricane Andrew RescuedDog
Also Mom to Gray One, White One, Little One and Cassandra - sweet kitties all!
Elizabeth B. Naime
Lynda Oleksuk
would care:
Edric - a.k.a. Edric the Wonder Mutt
Edric was given to the humane society in May of 1990. At that time, the
shelter gave names to all but litters of pups and kittens, and did it based
on the month, so January was "A" month, February was "B" month and so on.
Because he came in during the fifth month, he was destined to have a name
that started with "E" - the fifth letter of the alphabet. The then-manager
opened her handy baby book and found Edric, which sounded German and thus
appropriate for a GSD mix. "WonderMutt" was applied later, by a friend who
found his submissive urination amusing. It's kinda fun now, going to
agility trials with "Edric the Wonder Mutt"
Kati - AKC registered name O'BJ Kati A Maker of the Pace
Boring AKC story. There's a woman named Katie Asling who breeds Akitas and
has long advocated the acceptance of long-coated Akitas in the ring, mostly
to stop breeders from culling longcoats. (Kati is a long-coated Akita -
truly a hairy dog) I've been impressed by her passionate articles in Akita
literature, so "Kati A" is a nod to her, as well as a scramble of the word
"Akita". O'BJ is the kennel name, "Maker" comes from her sire, Ch. The
Widow-Maker O'BJ ROM and "Pace" comes from her dam, UKC's Overhill's Pacer.
Gypsy
I thought letting my husband pick her name would help him feel like he had a
choice in whether or not we got her. She was originally Kea, and when we
got her at 9 months of age, she was used to the nicknames "Chickpea",
"CheePee", "ChiaPet" (because she hackles from head to tail when frightened,
and her foster mom's 3 year old son said "Mom, she looks just like a Chia
Pet"), "Sweet Pea" and so on. Because she was an older puppy, we didn't
want to confuse her badly, but she'd had 7 homes - Gypsy, which sounds kinda
like Chickpea, truly suited her, and I was delighted he didn't opt to name
her Sh*thead.
"Wanna cookie? Nothing in life is free." -Lynda Oleksuk (akit...@bev.net)
& Edric the Wonder Mutt, Kati the world's hairiest Akita, __ /|__
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(oh, yeah, there might be a husband under all the hair) \ / --\ /
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Mary K. Albertson
(Kim Cunningham) wrote:
> In article <38e2hg$2...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, stac...@aol.com (StaceyWR) writes:
> |> I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
> |> stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
> |> Stac...@aol.com
> |>
>
I had my mixed breed puppy for 4 days before I settled on "Java". Sure,
she's coffee colored, but more importantly, she was keeping me awake all
night!
Jackie Goertz
Saint Bernard. I in turn through the years told these endearing stories
to innumerable others.
When we decided to get our first dog, after over 20 years of hearing about
"Saint," my questionably better half felt it was the proper time to fess up
to his wonderful ruse. "Saint" never existed!
We opted for Newfies as our breed of choice. Each carries "Saint" as part of
their AKC registration names. When it comes time for another Newf, he/she
will also be "Saint ???."
We currently have Saint Mishanameekee (means great thunder; Misha for short),
Saint Serendipity (Sara for short), and Boomer (our rescue--we weren't allowed
by AKC to change it to Saint Boomer, but we would've it we could've).
Jackie
jgo...@cybernetics.net.....Newf_Menagerie.....In modo nimis!
mcgo...@delphi.com
>I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>Stac...@aol.com
>
I have three dogs. One is a Collie-Lab cross, which we got from a
rescue centre. We called her Pebbles, since our last dog who died
a short time before was called Dino, and we wanted to have a
connection (the Flintstones!)
The next dog we also rescued - a Whippet, which we called Chairha
(pronounced Kara). We saw this name on the back of a taxi cab!
Our youngest dog is a Bull Terrier, called Sophie. We don't
remember why we called her that. She is our only pedigree dog, and
she wins prizes in dog shows.
Best Wishes
Karen
dras...@muvms6.wvnet.edu
>>I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
When I was a French major I got a little mixed breed puppy. No one knew what
he was - a little cocker, a little poodle, and a little Welsh or Airedale
terrier. I happened to be reading Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
(Entendant pour Godot) at the
time. In the play, 2 characters stand around and discuss the nature of
Godot as they do not know the answer. So, I named my puppy Godot.
Sandy Fraser
Another bass player's name was considered, but then abandoned: Flea :^}
Mongo weighed only about 2.5 pounds when we got him, and needed a tough-
guy name. He's named after Alex Karras's character in "Blazing Saddles."
"Mongo just pawn in game of life."
Justine was named even before we decided to buy her. I think she told me
via ESP, since I never even considered another name.
Sandy (Jake, Mongo & Justine)
aford
There is no honour in this.
|>
|> So I'm not the only Star Trek geek. Our yellow lab/german shepard/who knows
|> what else mix is named "Kahless". The greatest of all Klingon warriors. We
|> are hoping she grows into her name. She's wimpy now. She was scared to
|> death by a leaf the other night blowing around on the patio!
P.S. Our American Eskimo is called Tuktoyuktuk. Tuk for short. Why else,
because he's an Eskimo. Our Samoyed is, disgustingly enough, called Sam. He was called Saxon when we got him, but too many people had fun playing word games with the name Tuk. A Tuk and a Sax would be too much, especially when praising them with the word good (Good Tuk. Good Sax). So we were looking for another name. In the meantime, all the neighbours called him Sam and it stuck. We've lengthened it to Samson in honour of the vast amounts of hair (fur).
LARRY ALLEN SONNA
ended up with Animal Rescue, and we just couldn't bear to change it.
"Lady Sassette Victoria Black"....Perfect name for the BLACKEST dog you
have ever seen. Sassette shortens nicely to Sassy, which describes her
personality when she's in a frisky mood, but she most definitely is a
Lady where it comes to manners. And as for Victoria - well, who knows?
Larry
Mark Shaw
Millicent Toebiter, though -- the "Millicent" is a nod to my dad,
because he called her Millicent before we named her. "Toebiter"
should be obvious to anyone who's ever had an active puppy.... :)
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Mark Shaw
"Better not take a dog on the Space Shuttle, because if he sticks his head
out when you're coming home his face might burn up." -unknown
Karen Norteman
pass up. We also had a 22-pound Maine coon cat named Mongo, and a black
domestic shorthair named Darth Vader.
When I got my first Beardie as a baby pup, it was some days before I could
decide on a name. One of my majors was mediaeval English literature, so I
chose a name that would adequately describe someone who was gray, bearded,
enchanting, and Celtic: Merlin.
Duncan came to me with his name, and I found it too lovely to change.
He's a prince of Scotland, all right...
--Karen and Duncan the Wonder Beardie
Jeff Johnston
I remember was Peanuts, but I was too young to remember
how he got the name. One Xmas Eve, my dad brought home
a Heinz 57 variety in his coat pocket (someone was going to
drown her!!!!!! :-( ). Anyway.....on the way home, they stopped
at the local bar. They decided to give the pup a little whiskey
mixed with chocolate milk. So her name stuck as "Whiskey".
If she ever had a tendency to be an alcoholic, that one time
cured her. She was "under the weather" all Xmas morning.
Another dog we had for a very short time (a stray that
wondered into our kitchen and was claimed a couple weeks
later) was named "Droopy". He was some type of hound with
ears about a foot long. He kept stepping on them when he walked
and they where always in his food and water bowls.
We now have a black Lab (we think.......he was a stray from the
SPCA, but he looks/acts exactly like a Lab) named Brer Dog. No
story behind his name........I have always liked the movie "Song of
the South" (you know....Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, Brer Fox, etc)
and read the Uncle Remus stories to my son all of the time.
Jeff, Krist, and Brer Dog - The only dog I've ever seen climb
a 6 foot ladder so he can go down the slide.
JB
writes:
>I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
Our border collie required a Scottish name, but Scottish female names
proved difficult (to us) to agree upon. At the time she was wee, and we
hoped she would turn out to be a bonnie lassie, so Wee Bonnie Lass she
became. And she is definitely bonnie.
When we acquired the cat, I instantly named him Clyde. It seemed almost
too obvious.
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Andrea Dec
|> In article <38e2hg$2...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, stac...@aol.com (StaceyWR)
|> I'm a mythologist by trade (or I will be as soon as I finish this #@#^#
|> Ph.D.), so when I decided to get a dog I started leafing through
|> Apollodorus' _Library of Greek Mythology_ looking for a good name. I
|> decided to limit the candidates to one or two syllables (I couldn't see
|> myself calling, "Here, Klytaimnestra! Here, Klytaimnestra!"....
Although, Mark, the neighborhood would be vastly entertained.
I'm not in your neighborhood, but when I read your post, I showed it
to a few people here at work, and we came up with quite a few
entertaining visual images :).
Thanks for the laugh!
/andrea & Max (don't you DARE tell them how I got my name!)
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Andrea Dec
About five years ago when our company was Apollo Computer, my husband
used to work a lot with Maxtor (sp?) disk drives. So when we were
driving home from Vermont with our new little "bundle of joy", we
started playing the name game, and came up with "Max". He wanted
to name him Maxtor (what can I say? the man needed a vacation.),
but when we got the fluffball home and saw the way he could dig
the *biggest* holes for such a tiny pup, we decided on Backhoe Max.
/andrea (I don't know why Max is embarressed by this story)
& Max (DOESN'T KNOW WHY???!!!! First they want to name me
after some stupid geeky high-tech thing, *then*
they name me after a big shovel!!!! It's no wonder
I have complexes! NERDS!)
Lynda Oleksuk
volunteered at for so long had a little poodle - black with white markings,
cute as the dickens, about 10-15 pounds. He had been abandoned prior to the
shelter's existence, and saved by the humane society. He was in pretty bad
shape - matts everywhere, especially around his ears (he still has bald
patches) and there was considerable skin-rot under the matts. When she went
to pick him up from the vet who was treating his variety of medical
problems, they said "Oh, you must be here for the maggot dog". The name
stuck. Yep - Maggot.
Steven Patterson
: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
I have 2 dogs, both are adopted. The one that I've had the longest is a
lab or lab mix who was more than 20 lbs overweight when I first got her.
SHe looked like a beer keg with legs. Fire trucks passed by several
times the first couple days that I had her and she howled VERY loudly at
the sirens. Because she was overweight and was VERY loud I thought I'd
call her Ethel (for Ethel Merman). She has since lost the x-tra weight
but still howls at sirens.
the other dog I have is (as far as I can tell) a GSD-Chow cross. I named
him Gareth. From the Arthurial legend Gareth was the youngest brother of
Gawaine and came to Arthur's court as an orphan. Seemed apropriate
because I adopted this dog also.
Steve
Riitta Schoultz
StaceyWR (stac...@aol.com) wrote:
: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
In Finland we have names in calendar for each day. They are people's
names of course, but it's not illegal to give christian name for a
dog :). So me and my husband read the calendar and picked the best
ones. BSD female is Lotta and BSD male is Iikka.
Riitta
Robin Hopler
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> ]: StaceyWR (stac...@aol.com) wrote:
> ]: : I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
> ]: : stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
My husband and I like to name our animals "people" names. When our yellow
lab was chosen, I poured over baby books, watched soap operas (that I
usually don't watch, but are full of great names) and paid more attention
to people's names than usual. Finally, we decided on Suzanne. It is such
a great name to say over, and over, and over....well you know what I'm
talking about.
She is now 18 months old and recently my husband decided she needed a
proper middle name. Growing up in an Italian neighborhood in NJ, every
other girl in his school had Marie as her middle name. Hence, Suzanne
Marie.
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with a blanket and a note, on our front doorstep. This dog was supposed to
be half daschund but, upon maturity, she appeared to be a full bodied
border collie (with the big dog woof) with basset size legs. Quite an
interesting dog. Anyhow, whenever you picked the puppy up she'd groan so
my Dad named her Bing Crosby because Dad said he used to be known as the
groaner/crooner.
I sure miss her.
Cathy
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Scott Schaefer
This post doesn't concern how our current dogs got their names; rather,
it proposes sets of names for future dogs.
As a graduate student, you get used to hearing the names of famous
co-authors spoken together.
For example, you might hear repeated reference to "Smith and Johnson's
theory of X".
In economics, you always hear about "Arrow and Debreu." So I suggested to
my girlfriend we name our next two dogs "Arrow" and "Debreu."
Surely my economist friends would laugh when I say "These are my dogs
-- Arrow and Debreu."
She said Arrow was OK, but she nixed Debreu.
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(415) 725-7462 (fax)
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Kathryn Howarth
>: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>
Hi Stacey, welcome to rpd :)
Our oldest dog, a 9 1/2 year old black lab/beagle X, had the misfortune to come
into my life when I had a *huge* crush on Chad Lowe (Rob Lowe's younger
brother), so, Chad he became! Fortunately, it suits him.
Our younger dog, an almost 2 year old yellow lab, came with a registered name
of Watertails Bold Periwinkle, with Peri as her call name. My SO couldn't
stand the name Peri, so, we changed it to Kerry.
We also have three cats, Babe ( named after the Styx song ), Toonces ( named
when I got him, after the cat in the SNL skit ) and Thomas ( well, because
he *looks* like a Thomas ).
I *love* coming up with names :)
Kathryn
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My male Shiba's name was "Ken-Ichiro" (#1 dog). Watching him wrestle
around his 9-wk old brother, he reminded me of a old wrestler named
Kenji Shibuya. Yet he was cute, like Benji. Err, hey "Kenji !"
My female Shiba is officially named Jitterbug by her breeding kennel.
But the breeder who bought her renamed her call name, "Piper".
Since Shiba puppies look like bear cubs, and there's an airplane
called a Piper Cub ... well, one thing follows the other. I just
call her the Hyper Piper, but boy, she can FLY.
RY
Katie Greer
: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
I have a rescue Aussie here who was facing euthanasia because his owners
couldn't catch him when they moved to their new home. When animal control
finally did they didn't want to claim him because he'd been such a
problem runner. It's a shame they didn't know how to teach him come!
WWe call him Logan...Logan's Run! :)
Katie & The Motley Crew in Dallas, Texas
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>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>
My grandfather was in the navy for years and years and named his dachshund
Admiral Nimitz after the officer of the same name. His next dachshund was
named Colonel Digby although I don't know if there was a person so named.
Annemarie SCHLÖGELHOFER
Deb Schneider
: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
: Stac...@aol.com
Our new Kelpie bitch is named "MayBe". As in "MayBe Lie Down". Figured
that way we'll be covered whether she does or doesn't.
:)
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Columbus, OH
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> In article <38e2hg$2...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, stac...@aol.com (StaceyWR)
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> > I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
> > stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
> > Stac...@aol.com
>
> When I got my dog, I was trying to get interested in baseball, since my (now-ex) husband was a big Cincinnati Reds fan. So I had just started following the Reds when Chris Sabo started his Rookie year, (his best year, in my opinion). Anyway, when we got my husky mix, he had a perfect mask over his eyes, and since Chris Sabo was known for wearing these goofy goggles everytime he played, "Sabo" seemed to fit...and the rest is history.
Janel Kempf
mother's who had never seen an eight week old Sheltie before. He thought
she was just about the cutest puppy he had ever seen, and told me about a
Scottish legend regarding a young man named Darby who was so handsome,
every woman who saw him fell instantly in love with him. I'd never heard
of this legend before (or since), but the name sounded good on her. And,
appropriately, she stayed utterly beautiful until her death a few years
ago at age twelve. Not that I'm biased, of course...
-- Janel (sadly dogless, but it'll be only a year now until we can afford
our own house and get away from this irritating "no pets" lease!)
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virginia pinnell
husband put his finger into an atlas and it landed on Dawson. It suits
him and is still somewhat Inuit.
Virginia
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My standard poodle is named Cyrano because his nose is so long--we also call
him Cyranose, and Cyranosey, because his nose is also always on our laps for
petting (he *really* likes his nose to be petted).
We got our mini-dachsund right during Pee-Wee Herman's big problems. I
*loved* Pee-Wee Herman, so we named our new puppy after him. Our friends
also call her "Wee-Wee" because if you get her excited enough, which is no
big challenge, she'll "Wee-Wee" right on the carpet for us!
Also, since my husband and I are both in the electronics industry, we named
our cat Zener D., after a zener diode (an electronic part). Plus, the name
has an abrasive sound to it, which matches her personality.
D SQUARED7
>I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>Stac...@aol.com
My fiance's (and now also my) Cocker Spaniel's name is Reggie "the
Sugga-man"--He was named after Mr. October, Reggie Jackson, because he was
born in October and the "Sugga-man" part because "he gives good suggas" I
also used to have a German Shepherd I named Shadow because he used to
follow me around like my shadow! :-)
DD, Reggie and Shadow (in spirit)
Rusty L. Atkins
: StaceyWR (stac...@aol.com) wrote:
: : I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
: : stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
: : Stac...@aol.com
I got a Yellow lab puppy about 6 months ago, and spent days thinking about
a name and couldn't think of anything! I was sitting out on the porch one
evening, and started to think about her color. It was kind of a golden
color, like wheat or barley. I looked-up and saw my neighbor's American
flag, and the words to the song start going through my head:
"amber waves of grain".
Hence the name Amber..
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and depressed. So naturally I named her : Melanie the melancholy collie...
Quite cute.. No?
Amy D. Cronin
is a black lab/English setter mix named Baxter, in part after
an alumnus of the previous institution I worked at (I thought
it was an odd name for a human but a good dog name) and in part
after the NPR commentator Baxter Black (cowboy poet,
philosopher and former large-animal veterinarian). Baxter is
also occasionally known as "mama's boy".
We adopted our second dog, a black lab/Chesapeake retriever
mix, last year. We chose to go with a bit of local lore, and
named him Cyrus after famous Rockbridge Co. resident Cyrus
McCormick, inventor of the reaper. Cyrus is sometimes known as
"little boy", rather a misnomer considering he weighs 80 lbs.!
Susan Platt
Sally, the silly Bearded Collie, came with the name. Suits
her perfectly.
Pippen, the Mini-Poodle/X, was called "Lady" at the shelter. There
is already a Lady in the neighborhood, plus the name did not match
her. My so and I both grew up in Phoenix, AZ. There is family owned
ice cream parlor there called Mary Coyles. Their small sized sundaes
and cones there are called "Pippen-sized".
Since our Pippen weighs 14# it fits!
BTW - for the 1st week we called Pippen "Lucy" to go with "Sally", like the
comic strip Peanuts. It didn't work.
Susan
Heather Deal
Bob's our dog!
Simple dog, simple name.
Plus, we just think the name Bob is funny for some reason ;-).
Heather and Bob, who perfected the art of promting visitors to
feed him curry-chips by dropping a slimey t-e-n-n-i-s- b-a-l-l
in their laps this weekend. Yummmmmmyyyyy!!!!
Heather Deal
>(me yelling) - "TEDDY"
>(my sister yelling) - "BEAR" (see, her dog's name is 'Bear'!
>Teddy/Bear - Teddy/Bear , etc. etc. etc.
Bob plays with Dylan and MacKenzie, among others.
"BOB"! "DYLAN"!
"BOB"! "MACKENZIE"! (ask a Canuck)
Next dog will have to be Thomas or Doug....
Heather and Bob, who knows he's in trouble when he hears the
dreaded "Robert"....
Diana Noll
When I worked for an animal hospital in Rhode Island, the vet
I worked with was responsible for going to the shelter on
Fridays to tend to the needs of the animals and to put the
specified animals to sleep. Other vets handled the tasks on
different days.
One Friday, my vet was there, about to put a puppy to sleep
(I mean, injection in hand, looking for a vein!) when she
licked his face. He picked her up and left, resigning his position
as the Friday vet at the shelter, and brought her to me.
I immediately fell in love and repeatedly said to her "Thank God
it's Friday!" at which she would get very excited.
I've had for her eight years now and hundreds of times have had to
answer the question "Why did you call her FRIDAY?"
On top of that, who do you know who doesn't love Fridays?
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Charles Easterday
Interestingly enough, she looks like a black lab and her brother looked like a
springer spaniel. After we got her, we thought of characters from Disney
movies, our favorite singers, and our favorite actors. We narrowed our list to
three names: Jasmine (Aladdin), Sheena (Sheena Easton), and Whitney (Whitney
Houston). Finally, we decided on Jasmine, because of her dark black coat and
for some reason she just looks like a Jasmine. As a nickname, we call her Jas.
DEBORAH SHARPE-LOGUE
>From: dsqu...@aol.com (D SQUARED7)
>Subject: Re: How did your dog get its name?
>Date: 27 Oct 1994 23:53:04 -0400
>In article <38e2hg$2...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, stac...@aol.com (StaceyWR)
>writes:
>>I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
>>stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>>Stac...@aol.com
My first OES was named ALIA (a name taken from one of my favorite books)
which offended many Islamic people. I decided to be careful, this time, and
went with names from Mythology. Cassiopia and Pandora.
Tina M. Streeter
>I sure miss her.
>Cathy
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My dog is an albino border collie and he is golden and white instead of
black and white. When I was a child, my favorite fairy tale was Hansel
and Gretel and I figured since my dog was golden-haired like Hansel was,
I named him that.
Hansel - the Frisbee-fetchin' BC
Tina Streeter - tm...@msstate.edu
Redmond Young
>it's Friday!" at which she would get very excited.
>I've had for her eight years now and hundreds of times have had to
>answer the question "Why did you call her FRIDAY?"
My brother named his dog Lucky "Monday", the day before dreaded
Tuesday when the 7-month old pup was scheduled to be euthanized.
Monday had kennel cough and was pregnant at the time. But my
brother went to the extra effort to quarantine and treat the
kennel cough and to abort the fetuses (Humane Society insisted).
She's a Vizsla cross.
Red
Keith Lowrie
We named our yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, Chardonnay, after our
favorite wine! His full AKC registered name is Kimbros Barrel Select
Chardonnay. We live in wine country in California...so it makes all the
more sense.
Keith & Chardy
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Ruth Evans
>our own house and get away from this irritating "no pets" lease!)
Good luck in getting your new home. Maybe you can put up a marker for Darby
there. Fear of those "no pets" leases is what drove me to finding my home.
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|> >: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any interesting
|> >: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
|> >: Stac...@aol.com
Originally, our male lab Cooper's registered name was goint to be
"Special Agent Cooper" after one of the characters in "Twin Peaks".
Then our breeder requested that we slip the kennel name into his
registration somewhere so we registered him as "Alegra's Agent Cooper".
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Heather Deal
>Originally, our male lab Cooper's registered name was goint to be
>"Special Agent Cooper" after one of the characters in "Twin Peaks".
>Then our breeder requested that we slip the kennel name into his
>registration somewhere so we registered him as "Alegra's Agent Cooper".
Heh heh heh
We have neighbors with an Agent Cooper.
We, of course, have Bob.
Evil Bob.
Bob who inhabits the bodies of innocent humans around him.
Heather and Bob, who most certainly has inhabited us and made us do some
~very~ strange things.
dras...@muvms6.wvnet.edu
[Various names given to dogs.]
We named our 6 pound, six month old Lhasa Apso puppy (pretty small for
her age) Claudia. We named her after the vampire child in "The Interview
with the Vampire" because, like the vampire, she gets older and older but
not bigger and bigger . . . plus, she likes to nibble on our neck.
Fortunately, her temperament is much better than the character's!!
Now, to find a Lhasa who looks like Tom Cruise . . . .
Ray Tuegel
where the county puts dumpsters for the residents to take
their garbage. There I found a 6 month old stray, so starved
I could see every rib and vertebra. He started to back off
into the woods, but I won him over with some snacks from
my car. He was a great friend for the next fourteen years.
His name? Moses. I found him in the bullrushes, didn't I?
Anna M James
years old although I've only had him for 18 months.
I got him through a friend of a friend of a friend (you know) who
had had him since a pup but had recently moved, the husband had lost
his job and basically lost interest. He had been chained up on a
4m chain to his kennel and never taken out.
It was this husband who read witchy and mystical books, and in one,
there was a black knight called Perdon - hence his name. He has now
settled down and after taking him to basic training (at the age of
4 and half years!) he came second in the class.
I also taught him to swim this year. You feel such a fool standing
on the shore shouting at your dog that he CAN do it, and yelling
with joy the first time he actually swam. Luckily, there wasn't
anyone around who I knew at the time!
ANNA
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Matthew N. Kleiman
2. The Bernese Mountain Dog is named after the city of Bern, Switzerland.
3. The Aare River is the main river flowing through the city of Bern.
4. Our dog is named Aare.
Try explaining that 10 times a day! :)
Marc Von Ahn
We have a Vizsla named Amber. Her full name is Scheherazade's Amber Tale.
Her grandmother's name was Scheherazade and since we elected to NOT dock
Amber's Tail it seemed a fitting name. Ahh.. the stories she can tell.
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J Gilligan
elf and that is what he was called. Unfortunately, we met the owners of Dylan a little while later and my wife explained to them, innocently and quite cheerfully, that we now had a dog, and has named it after them......then were't sure that was a compliment....
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Robert L. Noonan
and she has a brown coat with white feet (kind of like socks). Well
I am from Chicago and a huge White Sox fan, so this was a good
starting place for the name. Since Boston has the Red Sox, the
common short name for the White Sox is the Chi-Sox. So that's what
we named her - ChiSox. I get a lot of weird looks when I use that
name here in Houston since not too many people are familiar with the
White Sox.
Bob
Peggy Hall
my father and brothers picked up when they were canoeing down the Kankakee river.
I was given the honour of naming the dog. He became "Resee", after my favorite
candy bar (Resees Peanut Butter Cup).
My first dog was named "Hobbit" because I got her when "Lord of the Rings" had
just become popular and she fit the description of a hobbit:
small, large boned, with big hairy feet :->
My current dog came to me already named "Shome Fantasia". Her nickname is
"Fanny" and it suits her.
Peggy and Fanny
Chris Anderson
Because she isn't.
Cheers
Chris
Mary Collins
DS>interesting
DS>: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
My #2 Greyhound got his name, "Apache", because, being a brindle, he has "a
patch 'a color here, and a patch a color there".
Mary
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Jeremy Sam Sewall
no, he is not hyper-active (everyone keeps asking me that!).
We were going to give him an ancient egyptian name, but they seem
to be used for condom brands or something...
So, then we were going to call him Trigger, since he looks like a
big white horse. No.
Finally, on the second day we had "whatshisname" we went for a walk,
and he took a pee on a particular patch of snow that had the name
"Clayton" written on it. So, since that is where he made his mark,
that is what his name is. Clayton (Clay for short).
By the way. This is the second greyhound we have had, the first
being an Italian greyhound, and they have made excellent pets. Seems
that some people think this is an exception to the rule though. ???
Jeremy
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As a child, I had a dog named Binker, after a poem by A.A. Milne (of Winnie-
the-Pooh fame). Binker was an imaginary playmate.
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Tommy White
My female dogs' name is Abigale (I call her Abi for short) which means a
father's delight. She truly is a delight to me.
My other dogs' name is Boo. He was about seven weeks old (I raised him
from my other dog), and I still hadn't named him. I was talking with a
friend on the phone one night, and she said something about "boo," and I
was looking at my puppy when she said that, and I said, "Hey, he looks
like a Boo," so I named him Boo. I tell people his name is Boo, short for
Abu, the monkey in "Aladdin."
amy young-leith
My husband normally comes up with the names for our pets. =-) He has
a mind that gathers facts and tidbits and his brain goes a million
miles a second so when I say, "Name so and so..." he'll trot out a
list of names, some neat, some not, and normally we both will look at
each other after one and say, "That's it!"
For our new 4 month old female German Shephard pup the second name,
"Bijou" was perfect. Kinda strange given we didn't know what it meant
in French until someone said, "Oh, that's French... for gem or jewel
or something like that?"
amy
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about.
His full name (on the papers) is "Tee's Kiska Amundsen Gross"
Tee's = Breeder's name
Kiska = see above
Amundsen = an artic/antarctic explorer; a historical favorite
Gross = our family name
Brian Combs
good Russian name.
I'm trying to get my roommate to rename his rat terrier
to Boris, but he won't go for it.
BTW, you can check out Natasha at:
http://www.quadralay.com/Combs/Tasha/Tasha.html
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Kip Voytek
>DS>: I'm new to this newsgroup. I'd like to know if anyone has any
>DS>interesting
>DS>: stories as to how their dog (or dogs) got its name?
>My #2 Greyhound got his name, "Apache", because, being a brindle, he has "a
>patch 'a color here, and a patch a color there".
>Mary
I don't know if it's interesting, but I love to talk about our dog,
Maggie. She's named after Margartia Chascarilla, aka Maggie, in the
comic Love 'n Rockets. Our next dog will be named Hopey, after Maggie's
friend/lover/confidante . . . In the spirit of Hopey, we call Maggie
Maggot.
Kip
Chris Kosmakos
: my soul. Her name is my IRC nick.
: Shroedinger's Cat - call name Shroeder - a dalmation named after Edwin
: Shroedinger's explanation of quantum physics
: Perestroika - a friend's golden - answers to Perry
: Sir Lochinvar of Scotchmist - a BIG smooth collie - answers to NeedleNose
: put down in May and much lamented
: my favorite Dobe litter had theatre names - Class Act, Stage Door Charlie,
: etc. Another great litter had a candy theme - Chocolate Soldier, Peppermint
: Patty, Cinnamon Twist. All were great dogs - Class Act was mine - call
: name "Brook"
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Joan Fechter
rhyme with our last name, Fechter. Well, we got the dog before we were
blessed with a baby (a girl) so our beloved dog, whom we've had for 11 1/2
years, is Hector Victor Fechter. Since he has no breeding (he's about as
generic as a dog can get), he is just plain Hector. Of course, there is
instant name recognition at the vet's, the kennel, etc.
Joan Fechter <jfec...@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
Bruce Galway
name seemed appropriate (he was a minature poodle) and our other dog (a
toy poodle 6 years younger than Squire) name is Mouse, so name because
when we first got him he was small enough to sit in your hand like a
little mouse.
Squire has passed on at the age of 14 but mouse is still going strong..
Bruce bruce....@primetime.org
Steve Sergeant
Our black female spaniel/collie-mix was named "Moriko", which means "forest
child" in Japanese (a common girl's name), because the humane society found her
as an approximately 1 year-old puppy hanging around a National Forest campground.
For the past six years she has been the mellowest, most affectionate, and most
trainable dog I have ever known.
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because my husband is a stone mason. Seemed appropriate
at the time! We're getting a female blue merle rough
collie in another 18 months or so..... we'll be
naming her "Shim". (For all the non-stone masons
out there, the shims are the little chips of rock
that fit in the wall beside the big rocks). Our little
"Shim" should fit in quite well beside the big "Rock"!!
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Joseph Testa
I have two dogs both unknown mixed breeds.
1. DD - Got her while still in the military and since the spouse was known
in military channels as DW (dependent wife), the dog became DD
(dependent dog)
2. Hali - The worst puppy breath in the WORLD. Some it was shortened from
halitosis (BAD BREATH) to Hali.
joe
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